Following the success of its first edition, the European Commission is delighted to invite you to the 2nd European Maritime Spatial Planning Week!
A week-long series of events dedicated to Maritime Spatial Planning will take place in Brussels (Belgium) from 1 to 5 June 2026, at the Nhow Bloom Hotel.
This MSP-focused week brings together key events and expert groups to foster exchange, build synergies, and accelerate progress on MSP across Europe and beyond. This year, the EU MSP Week is hosting the very first Greater North Sea Basin Initiative (GNSBI) stakeholder conference!
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- 1 June – Technical Expert Group on Data for MSP Meeting (14:00 - 17:00 CET)
Format: hybrid
Audience:
- 2 June - Northern European Sea Basins (NESBp) Project Meeting & Workshops (09:00 - 17:15 CET)
Format: in person
Audience: open to the public - please note that attendance is limited up to 30 persons per session.
9:00 to 12:15: Fitness-for-use of EMODnet for MSP – led by Seascape Belgium
This session will inform participants about EMODnet – what it currently offers and how it can be used by the MSP community, present preliminary results from the ongoing ‘EMODnet for MSP’ survey, and open up discussions with participants on the fitness-for-use of EMODnet data services for MSP practitioners. Concrete use cases will be explored, including data and metadata needs as well as usability aspects.
14:00 to 17:15: Maritime safety integration into MSP – led by Shom
This session will present initial findings from the maritime safety survey and involve participants in a participatory discussion on improving the integration of maritime safety into MSP processes. Topics include data availability, traffic data analysis, tools, and coordination across sea basins.
To allow the organisers to optimally prepare for the workshop, you are cordially invited to take the corresponding survey(s):
- Survey for MSP stakeholders on the fitness-for-use of EMODnet services for MSP and the assessment of the quality of information shared through MSP geoplatforms;
- Survey on navigation safety in MSP.
This input will be used to inform the content of the workshop.
The workshop is free and will be in English.
- 3 June - NESBp Internal Plenary meeting (09:00 - 12:00 CET)
Format: in person
Audience: Closed event (NESbp project members)
- 3 June - MEDIGREEN & NESBp Exchanges (14:00-17:00 CET)
Format: in person
Audience: Closed event (NESbp project partners, MEDIGREEN and GNSBI members) - by invitation only.
This joint project meeting brings together partners from NESBp and MEDIGREEN to foster knowledge exchange both within NESBp and across sea basins, aiming also to enhance cooperation between the Mediterranean and Northern European seas. For NESBp, the meeting provides a dedicated space to strengthen exchanges between its different Work Packages, enhancing internal coherence and reinforcing linkages across thematic areas of the project. At the same time, it facilitates dialogue with MEDIGREEN, allowing both projects to share experiences, approaches, and lessons learned from their respective sea-basin contexts.
- 3 June - TEG on Data for MSP workshop: Data 4 MSP - From conceptual development to application (09:00 - 12:00 CET)
Format: hybrid
Audience: open to the public - please note that attendance is limited up to 30 persons.
This workshop will explore how MSP data can evolve from conceptual frameworks to practical applications supporting the monitoring and evaluation of MSP. It will present selected developments in data frameworks, analytical tools, and emerging approaches, illustrating how they contribute to a stronger evidence base for MSP.
- 4 June - Greater North Sea Basin Initiative Stakeholder Conference (09:00-16:45 CET)
Format: in person
Audience: open to the public
The Greater North Sea Basin Initiative (GNSBI) is delighted to invite you to its very first Stakeholder event!
The 2026 GNSBI Stakeholder Event aims to increase the visibility and transparency of the GNSBI and its role in supporting Maritime Spatial Planning in the North Sea basin. The event will provide an opportunity for GNSBI members and stakeholders to become better acquainted and exchange perspectives on key topics relevant to the region.
Stay up to date with the upcoming stakeholder event by subscribing to the GNSBI newsletter via the European Maritime Forum website.
- 4 June - Mediterranean MSP Community of Practice Workshop (9:00 - 13:00 CET)
Format: hybrid
Audience: MED-MSP-CoP members and participants interesed in becoming MED-MSP-CoP members
The event is the second workshop of 2026. Its primary objective is to identify initial building blocks for the development of recommendations across the four CoP thematic areas, drawing on the analysis of challenges and actions already undertaken, as well as on the draft findings of the MEDIGREEN project studies. The workshop will also serve to gather structured feedback on these studies.